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Parasitic predator preys on pink mealybugs

author(s) Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
from Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
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  • Caribbean
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • World
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CTA. 1996. Parasitic predator preys on pink mealybugs. Spore 62. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

The island of Grenada has suffered rapidly mounting levels of damage to its agricultural and horticultural production since the arrival of the pink mealybug (PMB) in 1993. The pest, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, is found in many other parts of the...

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